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Name: Duchy of Normandy (England)

Type: Polity

Start: 1066 AD

End: 1144 AD

Nation: normandy

Parent: england

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This article is about the specific polity Duchy of Normandy (England) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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With the Norman conquest of England, Normandy and England were united through Personal Union. Although Normandy conquered England, as the seat of the government was moved from Normandy to England, the latter is considered the dominant partner of the Union.

Establishment


  • October 1066: The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
  • Chronology


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    1. Norman conquest of England


    Was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by the army of the Duke of Normandy, William the Conqueror.


    2. The Anarchy


    Was a civil war in England and Normandy between 1138 and 1153 that followed the death of King Henry I.

  • August 1141: Godfrey of Anjou invaded Normandy again and, in the absence of Waleran of Beaumont, who was still fighting in England, took possession of all the duchies south of the Seine and east of the Risle.
  • February 1144: Godfrey of Anjou finished securing southern Normandy and in January 1144 advanced as far as Rouen, the capital of the duchy, concluding his campaign. Louis VII of France recognized him as Duke of Normandy shortly thereafter.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • September 1087: William the conqueror's lands were divided after his death: Normandy went to his son Robert, and England went to his second surviving son, William Rufus.

  • September 1106: In 1106, Henry of England defeated his brother Robert's army decisively at the Battle of Tinchebray and claimed Normandy as a possession of the English crown.

  • Disestablishment


  • February 1144: Godfrey of Anjou finished securing southern Normandy and in January 1144 advanced as far as Rouen, the capital of the duchy, concluding his campaign. Louis VII of France recognized him as Duke of Normandy shortly thereafter.
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